Anonymous wrote:Never occurred to me to make this a rule. My son plays hockey and does a lot of running with a stick.

I also am team mom who said where else can they throw sticks. My kids are older now but we used to find parks specifically to throw rocks and sticks around. (Obviously not near other people). My kids could spend hours skipping rocks. It’s ok to run and throw stuff some times.

Have to say this is some exquisite trolling. #boymom

Anonymous wrote:No running with sticks or pencils, no walking up or down stairs and no running with lollipops in your mouth.

I don’t care about stick running but am vociferously against running with a lollipop in one’s mouth. Like 1000%!

Anonymous wrote:This has honestly never come up for me. I have four kids, live in a suburban area with a lot of trees, go hiking and camping, etc. My kids will sword fight with sticks or get one to use as a walking stick. They roast marshmallows with them. They might throw one over a bridge to watch it float away.

I’ve never really seen them running around with sticks or just throwing them randomly at the park or in the yard. I can’t really picture what’s going on here.

They use one as a walking stick like your kids do but then get distracted by something on the other side of the playground. This, of course, means they must sprint at full speed to whatever it is, with whatever is in their hand at the time.

OP--I'm with you on this. I allow walking and playing with sticks, but no running or climbing with sticks. If I had less clumsy kids, maybe I would feel differently, but it also feels so unnecessary. No one needs splinters in the eye, and the kids can find more sticks when they're done running.

My kids are allowed to play, throw and run with sticks.

I always wrap my children in 4 layers of bubble wrap and anti-septic tape, every time they leave their bedrooms.

You can never be too careful.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. DH was basically blinded by a stock welding kid. I also tell other kids to out the sticks down when their parents aren’t paying attention.

.But that same thing could have happened with a finger. Freak accidents are gonna happen.

They can run with sticks. Use them as swords, fight with them.

Lighten up Francis

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Anonymous wrote:Are the other parents out there watching their kids? No one I know would be okay with that. It’s an accident waiting to happen…but other parents may not be paying attention.

I told a kid not to throw sticks at the park one day and the mom turned to me and said if they can’t do it at the park then where can they do it. And I’m like, ummm nowhere…!

Were they throwing it *at someone? Otherwise MYOB.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. DH was basically blinded by a stock welding kid. I also tell other kids to out the sticks down when their parents aren’t paying attention.

Wait, what? Is your husband blind now? Did he have surgery? How did this happen?

No surgery, there was nothing they could do.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. DH was basically blinded by a stock welding kid. I also tell other kids to out the sticks down when their parents aren’t paying attention.

Wait, what? Is your husband blind now? Did he have surgery? How did this happen?

Hit with a stick in the eye. Hit very close to the optic nerve. Vision cannot be corrected in that eye so it's permanently blurry.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. DH was basically blinded by a stock welding kid. I also tell other kids to out the sticks down when their parents aren’t paying attention.

Wait, what? Is your husband blind now? Did he have surgery? How did this happen?

No running with sticks. You can poke your eye out.

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Anonymous wrote:Never occurred to me to make this a rule. My son plays hockey and does a lot of running with a stick.

I also am team mom who said where else can they throw sticks. My kids are older now but we used to find parks specifically to throw rocks and sticks around. (Obviously not near other people). My kids could spend hours skipping rocks. Its ok to run and throw stuff some times.

Hockey stick is totally different and they are taught how to run with it, and how to keep it low. Give me a break.

And yeah skipping stones into water is fine but throwing sticks around others isn’t. I allow stick throwing in our yard if there are only two kids and they know to throw away from themselves. Any more than that, nope. At a park is an accident waiting to happen. Kids often don’t realize others are around or how far they can throw.

DP. My kids play lacrosse and also run with sticks. They aren’t kept low.

Also, why are your kids standing in your yard throwing sticks? Do you have a dog that they are throwing them for? Why is this happening so often that you have to have multiple rules about it?

Anonymous wrote:No running with sticks or pencils, no walking up or down stairs and no running with lollipops in your mouth.

Ha!

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the Rescue 911 era and I think that stuck with me. I found myself calling my 6yo to stop running with a stick while playing outside with neighborhood kids and realized many other neighborhood kids were also running with them.

Assuming other parents have no issues, is it just me?

I think my worry is you fall and get impaled in the eye or neck or chest.

I’m sorry if you didn’t know this yet, but if you feed your 6yo solid food, they could choke.